@Eustace depends on what they are. We had fallen early worchester permain which have been great to eat but our Katya (usually the first eater) is doing badly this year.
Cucumbers still coming thick & fast. Given loads away. Good fruit still coming on the tomato plants, although the Maskotka are slowing down now and the Shirley are taking over. The Piccolo are producing loads of fruit but it just won't ripen on the plant. Suspect the variety has been bred specifically for hydroponic growth and container ripening but I had to try.
Plenty of chillies coming now. These 'Spangles' are much fleshier than the 'Apache' I usually grow. Hope they still freeze ok.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
Like Bonnie, my tomatoes grow like crazy. I have already given 12 kg to neighbours. We have eaten another 15 kg. There are still around 15 kg to be harvested, but we made the decision to leave most of them for the caterpillars.
It’s the first time that I have more tomatoes than my friend in Spain. They have normally so many tomatoes that they use a tin machine and the amount of tins is for the entire year.
If tomato growers don't already have this book, now might be a good time to get it ... I pull it off my shelf every year at this time of year (well, not last year 'cos of the blight, but this year is more than making up for it )
Lindsey Bareham's Big Red Book of Tomatoes has loads and loads of recipes featuring tomatoes ... plus a section on Dealing with a Glut ... including Conserves, preserving in oil, sundried tomatoes, confits, sauces, ketchups, marmalades, jams, pickles, chutneys and even tomato & apple butter ...
The today’s harvest. We have now 4 marrows. 1 already went to neighbour, 2 were eaten, and now the last 4 ones. They are not as big as usually, but I’m glad that I got the plant through the heat and drought. Saved money compared to supermarket prices: 4 marrows x £1,50 = £6 8kg tomatoes x 400g a £3 = £60 10 chillies x 3 in a pack for £1,20 = £5 All together around £70 on the table Not bad.
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Plenty of chillies coming now. These 'Spangles' are much fleshier than the 'Apache' I usually grow. Hope they still freeze ok.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I ♥ my garden.
Lindsey Bareham's Big Red Book of Tomatoes has loads and loads of recipes featuring tomatoes ... plus a section on Dealing with a Glut ... including Conserves, preserving in oil, sundried tomatoes, confits, sauces, ketchups, marmalades, jams, pickles, chutneys and even tomato & apple butter ...
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/ ... m-lindsey/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Saved money compared to supermarket prices:
4 marrows x £1,50 = £6
8kg tomatoes x 400g a £3 = £60
10 chillies x 3 in a pack for £1,20 = £5
All together around £70 on the table
Not bad.
I ♥ my garden.